Biden Announces High-Speed Internet Grants
From this morning's Earlybird:
• "Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced $2 billion in grants and loans to bring high-speed Internet to rural communities," Politico reports. "Biden said the Recovery Act funds will be handed out on a rolling basis over the next 75 days. An initial $182 million investment -- aiding 18 broadband projects in 17 different states -- has already been matched by more than $46 million in private capital, he said."
• "The State Department is accelerating its push into the Internet, hoping to use web sites, blogs and mobile phones to deliver the U.S. message around the world," Reuters reports. "The State Department itself unveiled a new-look web site on Thursday, including a video clip greeting from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and one-click 'share' options to deliver the message over Facebook, Twitter, and other sites."
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